Abstract
Drawing on examples from Tanzania, I question the sociolinguistic notion of "local". In an age of online-offline communicative economies, the "local" is shot through with nonlocal features.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Language and culture on the margins |
| Subtitle of host publication | Global/local interactions |
| Editors | Sjaak Kroon, Jos Swanenberg |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Pages | 12-26 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781351244350 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780815373025 |
| Publication status | Published - 20 Oct 2018 |
Keywords
- Sociolinguistics
- digital culture
- Tanzania
- Swahili
- English
- globalization